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Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAM) professionals, Wikipedians, and community members are invited to a one-day summit focused on the ways Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia, Wikidata, and the Wikimedia Commons can increase the impact of collections and provide opportunities for community engagement.

Participants will hear examples and find inspiration of the ways the Wikimedia projects are actively being used and the different pathways this participation can take. A keynote talk will be delivered by Effie Kapsalis, Smithsonian Institute. Other speakers will include Benoit Rochon, Wikimedia Canada; Dawn Bazely, York University, Amy Furness, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and John Dupuis, York University.

There will also be opportunities for discussion and workshopping on Wikimedia project strategies for GLAM institutions.

This meeting is an extension of the Music in Canada @ 150 Wikipedia project.

Due to construction on Gould, we suggest you enter the Library via the Student Learning Centre (SLC) at 341 Yonge street which is one block north of Yonge and Dundas, at the corner of Gould and Yonge Streets. http://slc.blog.ryerson.ca/home/hours-of-operation/

The SLC opens at 8:30 am. There is an elevator on the right side of the stairs & ramp, which takes you to the front doors of the SLC. Once inside the SLC atrium, take the stairs or elevator to the 3rd floor, walk through the doors to the Library. Once in the Library, take the stairs or elevator to the 4th floor. There will be student assistants on hand to help with wayfinding.

If you get lost or are having difficulties finding the location call Trina’s cell number - which you will have received by email if you're registered.

We are planning to conduct multiple small-group discussions in the afternoon, each of which will be moderated by a speaker or administrator with relevant experience.

Public note-taking will be done using the Wikimedia Foundation's Etherpad installation. Etherpad is a collaborative and open text-document creation platform. Everything written in the discussion notes will be saved elsewhere after the event is done: